Lighting fixture wall bracket



g 11, 1931- L. c. DOANE ET'AL 1,818,119

LIGHTING FIXTURE WALL BRACKET Filed April 23. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l llllllllllllll In lllllllllmlnm III III mululnllrllllfm INVENTOR ATTORNEY Aug. 11, 1931. L. c. DOANE ET AL LIGHTIQG FIXTURE WALL BRACKET Filed April 25. 1927 2 sheets shet 2 INVENTOR C an 24 yskmBi M m m Lero ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFIE LEROY C. DOANE AND HERMAN H. WOLTER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE MILLER COMPANY, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECT- ICUT LIGHTING FIXTURE WALL BRACKET Application filed April 23,

The present invention relates to lighting fixture wall brackets and is more particularly directed toward lighting fixtures of the type known as wall brackets.

The present invention contemplates a form of wall pocket which has a backplate which may be permanently mounted on an outlet box or other electrical fitting. It also contemplates the provision of a removable cover plate which supports a removable translucent pocket or cover for an electric lamp adapted to be carried in a socket housed in a pocket formed in the lower part of the front plate.

An object of the invention is to provide a wall bracket of the type above referred to, wherein the transparent member, preferably a translucent glass pocket, may be easily inserted into a front plate when this front plate is detached from the supporting back plate, and which is securely locked in place when the front plate is in position on the back plate.

A further object of the invention is to provide two cooperative plates of pleasing outline and contour and capable of carrying desired ornamentation to produce a lighting fixture of pleasing outline and ornament.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wall pocket type lighting fixture which may be conveniently made up to use a single lamp and of such a size that it may be used in ordinary house lighting. The fixture may be provided with a convenience outlet if desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fixture of the above type in which one can remove the glass pocket without dis connecting any of the electric wiring.

The accompanying drawings show, for purposes of illustrating the invention, two of the many possible embodiments in which the invention may take form, it being understood that the drawings are illustrative of the invention rather than limiting the same.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a lighting fixture wall bracket without a convenience outlet, parts being broken away;

1927. Serial No. 186,00Lii Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of a form of wall bracket having a convenience outlet, a fragment of glass pocket being shown in section;

Figure 3a is a fragmentary view of the lower portion of the bracket of Figure 3;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the back plate;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the front plate;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the glass cover;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 1; and

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 88 of Figure l, to show the method of inserting the glass pocket into the front plate, the back plate being omitted in this figure.

As shown in the drawings, a back plate 10 of suitable outline and configuration is mounted on an outlet box or the like by suitable means such as a fixture stud indicated at 11. As shown more in detail in Figure 4, this back plate is comparatively wide at the top and narrows toward the bottom. To facilitate mounting it on the outletbox or other electrical fitting, the center of the back plate is raised as indicated at 12, and a hole 13 is provided for passing the fixture stud 11 through the back plate. As here shown, the upper edge 1% of the back plate is straight and arranged horizontal. Members l5 and 16 extend upwardly from the front face of the wall plate and are spaced a short distance in front of the rear surface of the wall plate. As here indicated, the sides of the back plate, above narrow shoulders l7 and 18, are cut back a short distance. A forwardly extending lug 19 having a threaded aperture as indicated at 20 is carried adjacent the lower end of the back plate and a threaded hole 21 is placed as indicated in the lower end of the back plate.

The front plate 22, as here shown, has the same general shape as the back plate. It is provided with an upper cross bar 23 which is adapted to be placed behind the upward- "F s M genei al 50 in the back plate 10.

ly extending members 15 and 1G and to rest on the upper surface 1 1 of the back plate. It is also provided with downwardly converging side members 24: and 25 which are 5 adapted to overlie the marginal portions of the back plate 10. As shown at 26 and 27,

' the upper outer portions of these side anembers are shaped so as to overlie the portion of the back plate above the narrow shoulders 17 and 18 and to fit the back plate be tween these shoulders and the upper surface let so as to define the position of the front plate on the back plate and prevent its sliding about on plate. For convenience, these portions 26 and 27 may extend to the rear surface of the back plate.

As here indi cated, these deeper portions extend down to a shoulder 23 which may fit the shoulders 1'7 and 18. As indicated more clearly in Figures 7 and S the lower portions of the side members 24; and 25 have a rear face 29 adapted to rest on the front face of the back plate 10. The inner back face of these side members is spaced some distance in front of 25 the surface 29, as indicated at 30 so as to ing pocket 31 closed at the bottom as indicated in Figure 3. The lower end 32 of the front plate is provided with a screw hole 33.

The glass pocket or lamp cover 31 is shown more in detail in Figure 6. It is a semi-circular configuration as viewed from the top and is provided with side flanges 35 and 3G, and a bottom flange 37. As here shown the upper ends 38 of the flanges 35 and 36 do not extend all the 40 way to the upper end 39 of the glass pocket.

A pull chain lamp socket 10 is mounted on a threaded stud or nipple ll carried in the threaded hole 20 on the lug 19 of the back plate. This lamp socket is preferably carried at such an angle that the lamp 42 will be carried in front of the back plate 10.

' "This lamp socket preferably has a S1 l{:'l11' let for the wiring which may be brought from the outlet box through an aperture 43 The socket switch is controlled by a pull chain 141-.

In assembling the fixture, the socket may be wired in and the back plate mounted on the outlet box in any convenient manner. inserted into the front plate aperture formed by the cross bar 43 and the side members 2 1- and 25 in the following manner: The glass cover Amember is passed through the aperture in the front plate from the rear (as indicated "in Figne lso as to brin the upper ends 2Q nf 1;

L l 6 1e flanges 35 and 35 aga nst the lower surfaces 23 in the upper rear corners of the front plate. The glass cover is then. swung inwardly as indicated by the dotted circles to bring the flanges 35 and 36 against the rear faces 30 on the side members 21 and 25 of the front plate. in bringing the glass pocket to this position, the lower flange 37 is brought against the inner surface 415 of the lamp socket pocket 31. After the glass member has been" so inserted in the front plate, the cross bar 23 in the front plate is passed over behind the prongs 15 and 16 and the front plate allowed to h ang in place. A screw .16 is passed through the hole and threaded into the hole 21 and secures the parts in place. A slot 17 is provided in the side of the lamp socket to permit the chain 4 1 to pass out from the interior of the fixture.

The convenience outlet style of fixture (shown in Figures 3 and 3a) may be made in substantially the same manner as that above described in. detail. The back plate casting 10 extends downwardly from the front and sides of the lamp socket supporting lug 19', as indicated at 50. This prorides a cylindrical recess 51 for a convenience outlet 52 which is accessible from un derneath. he convenience outlet is held in place by a pilot screw 53 and the wires pass upwardly through a wire way 5 1-. The front or husk casting instead of being closed at the bottom, is open and comes down onto the back plate as indicated. A screw may oe used to fix the front plate in place,

It will be apparent from the foregoing that there is provided a lighting fixture wall bracket of the wall pocket type, in which the ornamental features of the fixture may be applied to the fixture or removed from the lixture without interfering with the electrical wiring, that one can readily accomplish lamp renewals whenever desired. and that the tmnsparent part, preferably glass, may be readily removed for. cleaning when desired. The wall bracket, whether supplied with the convenience outlet or not, is one which may be conveniently made of a size suitable for domestic or home lighting and will provide .apleasin indirect lighting unit. of s rface ornament lVhile ma. have been omitted from the present drawings, it will be obvious that the transparent cover member such as glass may be ornamented in any suitable manner and also that ornamentation may be placed on the exposed parls of the plates. Also that the rear plate may, if desired, be provided with ornamental parts which extend laterally be yond the front plate so as to be visible \Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a li hting fixture wall bracket, a front plate ha mg a cross at the upper end, 7 downwardly extending converging side members carried at the ends of thh cross bar, and a forwardly extending upwardly and rearwardly opening, lamp socket pocket carried at the lower ends of the side members, a back wall plate having upwardly extending members to removably receive the cross bar on the front plate, the cross bar resting on the upper edge of the back plate, and a lamp socket housed in the pocket and supported from one of the plates.

2. In a lighting fixture wall bracket, a front plate having a cross bar at the upper end, downwardly extending converging side members carried at the ends of the cross bar, and a forwardly extendin upwardly and rearwardly opening lamp socket pocket carried at the lower ends of the side members, a back wall plate having upwardly extending members to removably receive the cross bar on the front plate, the cross bar resting on the upper edge of the back plate, a forwardly extending lug on the back plate and a lamp-socket supported thereon and housed in the pocket.

3. A wall type lighting fixture comprising a rear mounting plate for supporting the fixture from an outlet box or the like, a removable plate in front of the rear plate, the lower portion of the front plate extending forwardly to provide a pocket for a lamp socket, an upwardly opening lamp socket in said pocket, a lamp in the socket, the upper portion of the front plate having a large aperture, and a translucent glass shade supported in the front plate and concealing the lamp.

4. A wall type lighting fixture comprising a rear mounting plate for supporting the fixture from an outlet box or the like, a removable plate in front of the rear plate, the lower portion of the front plate extending forwardly to provide a pocket for a lamp socket, an upwardly opening lamp socket in said pocket, a lamp in the socket, the upper portion of the front plate having a large aperture, and a translucent glass shade for concealing the lamp, the shade being insertible into the aperture in the front plate when removed from the back plate and hav ing flanges which immovably secure it when the front plate is attached.

5. In a wall type lighting fixture, a substantially fiat wall plate, an upwardly opening convex glass shade in front of the wall plate and having side flanges resting against the front of the wall plate, the glass shade being narrower and shallower at the bottom and having a convex, substantially horizontal peripheral flange at the lower end to thereby space the center of the lower end of the glass shade away from the wall plate, and a front plate supported from the back plate and overlying the flanges on the glass shade.

6. In a wall type lighting fixture, a substantially flat wall plate, an upwardly opening convex glass shade in front of the wall plate having side flanges resting against the front of the wall plate, the glass shade being narrower and shallower at the bottom and having a peripheral flange at the lower end, a front plate supported from the back plate and overlying the flanges on the glass shade, the front plate having a pocket for a lamp socket, a lamp socket in the pocket, and a lamp in the socket, the lamp being behind the glass shade.

7. A lighting fixture comprising a back plate, means for supporting the back plate on an outlet box or the like, a front plate removably carried by the back plate, there being an opening in the upper part of the front late, an upwardly openin lamp socket supported between the plates and concealed by the front plate, a lamp in the socket, and a diffusing glass cover extending through the opening in the front plate and su orted thereby, the cover extending forwardly and upwardly to conceal the lamp and upper part of the backplate.

8. A wall type lighting fixture comprising a plate having a fiat rear face, means for supporting the plate, a translucent glass shade, the lower portion of the plate extending forwardly to provide a pocket disposed in front of the fiat rear face of the plate, an upwardly opening lamp socket carried in said pocket, and a lamp in the socket, the glass shade being supported at its side edges by the plate and extending forwardly of the lamp to conceal the lamp, the shade being open at the top to permit access to the lamp.

9. A wall type lighting fixture comprising a plate having a flat rear face, means for supporting the plate, a translucent glass shade, the lower portion of the plate extending forwardly to provide a pocket disposed in front of the fiat rear face of the plate, an upwardly opening lamp socket carried in said pocket, and a lamp in the socket, the glass shade being supported at its side edges by the plate and extending forwardly of the lamp to conceal the lamp, the shade being open at the top to permit access to the lamp, and having a downwardly extending flange about the lower edge carried inside the upper edge of the pocket.

Signed at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 21st day of April, 1927.

LEROY C. DOANE. HERMAN H. VVOLTER. 

